Stampede store raised $21,000

OMAK – Stampede’s Company Store souvenir stand took in more than $21,000 during rodeo weekend.

Total sales were $21,201.20, Director Cindy Berg told board members during their Aug. 26 meeting. Expenses topped $12,000 for a profit of $8,893.86. Of the total, $2,627 was for pink items for Tough Enough to Wear Pink night Aug. 9.

In other business, the board:

• Set the annual banquet for Nov. 16.

• Heard favorable reports about Stampede’s YouTube channel. Queen Breanna Howell said other royalty at the Moses Lake and Kitsap County Fair rodeos were glued to their smartphones to watch videos.

• Learned several bicycles were given away Aug. 8 during Wrangler Kids Night.